The Planetary Dance by Anna Halprin in 1980 was created as a call to enact a positive myth in dance. “The Planetary Dance is a dance that transcends cultural and temporal barriers, a dance that speaks to the community that makes it, and a dance that addresses contemporary issues as they are experienced by all people on this planet… It has a purpose: to make peace; it is a dance of peacemakers, a dance that makes peace with itself, makes peace between the performers, makes peace with the sprit, and ultimately makes peace with the earth. The 31st year of the Planetary Dance is a time of crisis on many fronts so we are dancing with ‘life on the line’. A call for healing the economic turmoil, ongoing wars, climate change and many other problems that are threatening our planet .” Anna Halprin
Making a peace dance, like making peace, is not a small task. It takes the harmony of many to stop a war that only a few might begin. So our peace dance needs the willing commitment of more than two or ten, or twenty, or even fifty performers.
I am seeking one hundred performers—one hundred performers to create a circle large enough for clear images of peace to come through; one hundred performers to create a spirit voice strong enough so that our peaceful song is heard and our peaceful steps are felt.
Anna Halprin